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SHIPLEY & MERSEREAU.

- Gas Lighter.

Patentd May 12, 1868.

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"Letters Patent No. "77, 771, dateoilmzy 12, 1 868.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENT FOR LIGHTING GAS, duo.

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Be it known that we, Amos SHIPLEY and WILLIAM TQMERsERnAU, of Newark,Essen county, New J ersey,

have invented,"made, and applied to use, a new and useful Instrument forLighting Gas; andwe do declare that the following is afull, clear, andcorrect description of the same, reference being'had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, inwhich Figure'l is a view of our improvedinstrument for lighting gas, showing the match or'taper in positionprior to ignition.

Figure 2, a view of the same, showing the match ignited.

Figure 3, a view of the corrugated lips attached to the sliding frame.

In the drawings, like parts of the invention are pointed out by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of the present invention consists in the construction, asmore fully hereinafter set forth, of a new and-usefulinstrumentforl'yghting gas. I

To'enable those skilled in the arts to make and use our invention, wewill describe the construction and operation of the same. I i

A shows the handle of our improved instrument, which may be made of woodor metal, of any desir length. This handle'A has inserted in its upperend the standard B, made smaller in diameter than the handle, and havingits top portionslbtted sufiiciently deep toreceivo a match or taperinserted in the same.

C is a collar passed over thislstandard B, which collar supports aframework composed of the cross-pieces d and side-pieces e. Thisframework, when supported upon the collar 0, and/thrown dowmfsee fig.2,) has its upper cross-piece resting upon the slotted portion of thestandard B, or the same (the cross-piece) may project a sliort distanceabove the same. v v

To the upper cross-piece are attached the lips f, or these lipsmay becast with and form a continnation'of the upper cross-piece,' in whichcase the upper cross-piece is't'ormed of'two separate pieces of metalsubsequently connected, or held together by any convenientmeztns. Theselips f are corrugated upon their interior, as clearly.

shown in fig.-3'of the drawings.

Through the standard B are passed the pins, as shown, allowed to projectsufiiciently to bear against the, framework as it is raised and lowered,and. thus serving to guide and steady the same.

I) shows the match or taper inserted and held in the'slotted' portion ofthe standard B.

Such being the construction, the operationisas follows: The framework israised to its full extent upon the standard B, the pins inserted in thesame, governing its elevation by bearing upon the upper side of thelower cross-piece, and a match or taper is then inserted withintheslottcd head of-the standard B. The lramework may then be depressed,by which movement the corrugated lips are passed over the head of thematch or taper, instantly causing the same to ignite. The instrument-maythen be employed for lighting purposes.

' The low cost of manufacture of the instrument, with itssimplicity ofoperation, is of considerable importance in the case ofan article sogenerally employed as an instrument for lighting gas.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- In combination with a standard, we claima'movahle framework, supporting the corrugated lips, when the same shallbe constructed and operate substantially as described, for thepurposes'set forth.

- AMOS SHIPLEY,

' W. T. MERSEREAU. Witnesses:

Rosnn'r PLUME, Guns WILLARD.

